By Onize Ohikere, World News. A new video released by extremist group Boko Haram on Sunday (8/14/16) purports to show up to 50 of the school girls kidnapped from Chibok in 2014. Militants in the video say several girls died in the Nigerian military’s recent air strikes and demand the government release detained fighters in…
By Onize Ohikere, World Magazine. Religious minorities in Nigeria’s north and middle belt are battling with religious inequality as well as attacks from the insurgent group Boko Haram and nomadic Fulani herdsmen. In a report released today, the 21st Century Wilberforce Initiative called on the international community to assist Nigeria with what is rapidly becoming…
By Stoyan Zaimov, The Christian Post. A number of the fathers of the over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by terror group Boko Haram from Chibok, Nigeria, have spoken out about the continued dangers their families face on a daily basis, and shared their pain of not knowing what has happened to their daughters. Kristin Wright, director…
By Janelle P., Open Doors field report. Open Doors estimates that more than 12,500 Christians have been killed in religion related violence in northern Nigeria between 2006 and 2014. Boko Haram violence has claimed most of the lives. It is also estimated that Boko Haram related violence has displaced more than 500,000 Christians in northern…
By Marie Bowen, A Christian Manifesto. Few things have wrenched my heart like the plight of the young women and girls abducted from their Nigerian school by Boko Haram and violently and repeatedly raped and impregnated by terrorists. I have not written about it because the horror these girls have experienced leaves me wordless, stunned,…
By Samuel Smith, Christian Post With Boko Haram recently seizing its own 20,000-square-mile territory in Northern Nigeria, all signs indicate that the extremist group is working toward building a Caliphate, or Islamic government ruled by a Caliph, that could span across Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon, a top Christian persecution watchdog leader warned. While discussing…
By Michael Logan, Christian Daily Nigeria is one of the “worst regions” for Christians to live, according to the author of a monthly report on Christian persecution in various countries. Raymond Ibrahim’s report, titled “Muslim Persecution of Christians,” records that more than 1,000 churches have been destroyed since 2011 by the radical Islam group Boko Haram. The…
By Elizabeth Kendal, Assist News Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings, from the wicked who do me violence, my deadly enemies who surround me. (Psalm 17:8-9 ESV) September 2014 UPDATE — During September we prayed concerning … * INDIA, where Hindu nationalist agitators are inciting persecution…
On August 29 I wrote: A few days ago the globally recognized terrorist group, Boko Haram, declared an Islamic Caliphate in one Nigerian city. Three questions: How did that happen? What is a Caliphate? And why should you care? Boko Haram has been terrorizing parts of Africa for years, so how is the overthrow of a…
By Open Doors The suffering of Christians in Nigeria under the Boko Haram insurgency continued over the weekend with another Sunday attack. At least 30 people were confirmed dead after suspected Boko Haram insurgents attacked Kwada village close to Chibok in Borno State. Chibok is the village where more than 200 school girls were kidnapped…